with tyler perry. he will open up about his philanthropy, his path to success, and what he oprah. from that is coming up of 4:00. another hour of news star trek now at 6:00. >> police investigate several accidents overnight. turned on when that deadly. >> the bomb may not have been but the attempt to blow up wasfederal reserve building a buried it. >> we would tell you what is behind a big fireball. the night sky in northern california. 6:00 is the time. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. >> we have some changes withghout the day

thunderstorms expected later. with sunshineout much warmerures morning, about degrees warmer. clouds increase with thunderstorms developing late. storms could be strong, severe. temperatures mostly in the 50's. 55 at reagan national and 51 at dulles. drive andk on the morning. >> we will start with a look at 270, very slow as the past the exit 4109. a little volume forming south of germantown. slowest stretch so far. over to 66 near glebe road that is still moving very nicely under way out toward the beltway. we do have an accident that was

on the inner loop of georgetown t before the american bridge on the left side of the roadway. a little bit of activity there. back to you. >> police are investigating a struck a pedestrian highway and hunt -- huntington avenue just before 2:00. that victim died a short time at the hospital. the driver did stay on the scene. district police are looking who shot a man. at the 1700 block of benny road -- benning road. no word on the motive for any suspect descriptions either. >> a foiled terror attack on the reserve. quazi nafis also

attacking a building onbaltimore before settling the building and new york. >> according to the criminal complaint, the 21-year-old suspect consider targeting a military site. he instead chose the federal e building as he began his allegedly carried out idea heck, he had no s working alongside the fbi. nafis ismohammad bars facing charges after y trying to blow up the l reserve building in new york city. >> this is a coveted target by terrorists. this just reaffirms that. to courting documents, he entered the attend legally to college. his attentionused on this direction. say he tried to accomplishes. did not know one of the

contacted was an undercover fbi agent. with 2050-pound bags of the fake explosives. wednesday after allegedly ofking the van full outside of the bank, the bombto detonate using his cell phone. at the federal reserve, security appears tighter than normal. it's surprising people would that, but i to do glad our security was able to track that and get them. authorities stressed that watching him the whole time. how facebook played a critical role in the investigation. >> thank you so much. is the latest example of a terrorism plot against new york city that turned out to be a operation. in 2009, four men were convicted

plot to bomb synagogues and military planes with missiles. >> taking a look at the de ahead, another day of testimony to get under way in the two police officers. the judge dropped the first- assault charge against the officer said in he did not the head.n but still faces second-degree charge ofd a misconduct in office. prosecutors introduce new video l significant because it singing, have a, and a nonthreatening. is given no police orders than to be quiet and back before he is struck. police arrested a juvenile for phone from all student. he grabbed the phone and rode on his bicycle after a brief struggle. track to the phone

down in hyattsville. he has been released into the custody of his mother. >> 6:05 is the time on the trail, obama and mitt romney with campaign rallies. the president will have an on "the daily show with jon stewart." >> all up and down the east coast, people will shake it out. multi state earthquake drill. out ifess we will find we are prepared. content:18 -- the washington is proof of how a region like this can be affected earthquake. has been over one year since surprising 5.8 tremor. this landmark remains closed for repairs.

officials will be paying more during the national shake out. a crucial role in areas like carolinaict and south england where unusual occurred recently. an important exercise on the whereoast a big one is nothe ratherion of if but when. today will be the first thecial drill in southeastern united states. fema,als with the usgs, homeland security will be a schools around the showing kids how to find shelter, get on the floor, cover head, and hold on. an interesting nugget, that year inke last virginia, the most widely felt in u.s. history. reporting live, john gonzales.

>> thank you very much. we are getting more video in from a rare earthquake that of mainehe state earlier this week. >> the magnitude 4.0 earthquake surprised -- you can see it startled this young girl. was posting a video online. the camera starts shaking. she is quiet and is looking around and ends the session right here. earthquake did not cause any damage or injuries. >> when you do not get lot, you do not know what it is. we are going to check in with caskey with a preview of a fest stunt a massacre. >> also, a ball of light in the sky and some loud booms [ mitt romney ] of light in the look at the evidence of the last four years.

under the president's policies, middle income america have been buried. they're just being crushed. middle-income americans have seen their income come down by $4,300. this is a tax in and of itself. i'll call it the economy tax. i'm not gointo raise taxaxes on anyone. my plan is to bring down rates to get more people working. my priority is putting people back t to work in america. i'm mitt romney and i approve this messa mge.

k at the deadbeats i have with.k happy halloween. and a good morning, washington. spooky start to the day. a possible media shower lit up the bay area. >> they received a number of reports of a loud boom or an explosion, a possible street in the sky. the meatierers said was about the size of a small car. -- the meteor was about the size

of a small car. >> i think that is amazing. traveled 148,000 miles per hour. i did see and experts say it probably was not part of the shower that meteor peak thisd to weekend. make sure you get out just after sunset to take a look of that. we have clear skies to start us out. winds coming out of the south led 9 miles per hour. changes withsome showers and thunderstorms. look at the cold front to the of these storms and severen producing across the deep south. there have been five reports of tornadoes along mississippi. it will be impacting the great the gulfthe way to coast. flight plans to maybe to natural or memphis, even into raleigh later be somehere could

delays. it will be a mild day. let's head over to traffic now with steve. but will take a look at 270 or backups are starting to down to 370.way misses from 109 down. stretches right now. couple of instances on the pike onop of georgetown the left-hand side of the screen. before the region bridge on the left. now a broken-down vehicles on ramparts from southbound i- the outer loopon beltway in the direction of silver spring. a bit of a backup down 95 to make that exit. >> it is 6:13 right now. college students are leaving more than a diploma now. how far student that has

spiraled. -- student debt has spiraled.

>> you are watching "good washington" with cynne simpson and steve chenevey. >> finding out that a south a rescue mission has capsized. washat coastguard a boat the seoul, south korea .rea it was a cargo ship that had the cargo ship also with that coast guard boat. sailors were initially of them haveive

unfortunately passed away. do know that all of the rest the sailors were rescued and being treated at local hospitals. their nationalities are unclear but we know it had south korean andonals as well as chinese filipino nationals. have an up dayly on in the newscast. >> japan expressing concerns allegations that two u.s. woman. raped a japanese authorities say they in texas, had been drinking before they attacked the woman. the sailors are in japanese custody. u.s. military says they are administrators. >> family of george mcgovern is no longer responsive. hisa hospice near his home, is nearing thee end and appears peaceful.

the senator lost to president nixon and an historic landslide. that was 1972. this is not something you would see at any airport. private jet doing a wheelie. the nose popped up after three ofhanics moved to the back the plane. they corrected the problem and nobody was injured. >> a local pilot never liked to see things like that. oni would not want to be that plane. happening out there? >> it is quiet, but we have so much going on. we have the meteor shower this weekend like we talked about. e shakeout like we about.lking there is a lot of great stuff on and whether and science and space.

it will start out with the go -- you really need to to get through your day today. mostly clear. temperatures are warm and good.g pretty we're talking 5-15 degrees above time we were this yesterday. s warmer than yesterday morning at reagan national. manassas at about 6 degrees for you as well. 40's and 50's on the map. changes a had, and that has to with a strong storm system m the greathes fro lakes down to the gulf coast severes been producing across the deep south. i do not think it will move in drive, at thee earliest. until tomorrowe morning. your forecast today, morning increasing clouds, showers thunderstorms late. 68-73 degrees.

mostly cloudy skies with showers storms. could be strong or severe. 46-56 degrees. -- a few could be strong and severe. great looking weekend of the things going on. over to traffic. >> let's start with a loop at new hampshire ave. you leave for 95. a broken-down vehicles on the from southbound 95 on to loop in the direction of silver spring. northbound on 395, delays as you toward duke street and seminary road. no accidents or incidents on 14th street. we have a volume heading up to springfield in the usual stretches. complicated trip

on 95 and 395. >> 6 lets america going all out thrilling ride down to halloween. >> six flags tried fast promises 20 haunted attractions. over 20t fest promises haunted attractions. am ok. bloodrom the here to the stunt show. here we have zipped lighting in the creator -- zip lining down of the show. it will be a pleasant day to day with temperatures climbing into low 70's. we really get the rain out of the main even opens tomorrow. brad irish, you choreographed d produced the show. what do you want people to walk away with? them to kind of walk a sense of amazement,

never seenhey have before. we try to do a very mature heavy oriented show. taking what we did last year and making it better. show., it is a great >> people might say last year, i and last year. what do you say to them? is all new. it is brand new. that is not to say you can say u have seen before. >> what about the younger crowd? >> we do have a pirate show during the day. once we switch over, then we that is much more oriented in terms of action. it is a lot more brutal. a lot more intense in stories and characters. >> some more halloween to it action and intensity.

take you to it produce and get this down? last year.ed we decided what we wanted. we wanted a better story, better dialogue. we to the elements from last and tried to make it what have this year. >> i appreciated. you for joining us. is a great event. tomorrow ont opens friday. >> how do you top the trifecta of awesome as? it is 6:23 right now. recent college graduates are dealing with christophe. >> very scary when it comes to money. spiraling.debt keeps of 2011 graduated with loans averaging $26,600, 5%

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>> st. louis continues its run. the cardinal's leading after the giants last night in started in the afternoon but was delayed by rain. matt carpenter blasted the cardinals into the lead in the third inning. they closed out the three-one three and a half delay.in the first pitch tonight will be at 8:00. bad weather in detroit. that helped the yankees avoided least onen for at

more day. it pushed last night's game until this afternoon. the tigers held a 3-0 lead in the series. worldan move on to the series if they win today. >> coming ahead, millions of series if they win today. >> cas governor, i cutons of five billion dollars in spending

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live and in hd, this is "good morning washington" on your side. we are still very much a target by terrorists. >> of federal officials foiled a terror plot targeting the big apple. there is some wet weather on the way. it is thursday morning, october 18. shine. and check and with jackie. are shining out there. we will see bright and clear skies as opposed to clouds at least until the afternoon. l be a sunny start, temperatures warmer than yesterday. clouds increase with thunderstorms developing late. possiblyrms could be severe lingering into the

hours.ht temperatures 55 at reagan national and 51 at dulles. noon and partly sunny by 5:00. let's head on over to traffic. >> we will start with a look at 270. heavy and slow as to the german town. slow again on the spur toward the beltway as you continue 270.on moving onto the beltway in spring, we are getting from college park to thegia avenue building on west bound trip. everything is open. we had an earlier incident on the inner loop of the beltway on pike before the american legion bridge. back to you. >> thank you. we begin with a developing story.

federal officials have foiled a plot. >> a bangladeshative may not s only target. >> that suspect, 21-year-old mohammad nafis facing charges after trying to blow up outside of the federal reserve building. to court documents, agents determined he and kill attack ranking government official. authoritiesrning he parked van filled with e believed were explosives e building, walked to hotel and using his cell phone detonate it. he had been working alongside an account at -- undercover fbi agents the whole time. commissioner praised keep the city safe. >> it shows that law enforcement , certainly we

understand that the public cannot become complacent. had a successful attack in 11 years. be.enforcement cannot have also been looking at a building in baltimore. he was closely monitored by the fbi and the joint terrorism task force. never in danger. >> montgomery county at best the - montgomery county investigators have a man in custody from a hit and run last night. she suffered not life- injuries.g several cars collided with each avoidwhile trying to g the woman. >> a former executive that amitted to playing a role in government contracting o bed scheme is scheduled t sentenced today. prosecutors say he and two army

of corps engineers had a that favored subcontractors and exchange for submittedand they inflated invoices. >> now, to buy a round of kaine andhere tim allen me for the third final debate. webb.re buying to succeed >> millions of people across the country and in several embraced -- bracing for an earthquake. shakes on the southeast out. happen at 10:18 morning on a 10/18. the washington monument is proof region like this can be by an earthquake. has been one year since we

were all surprised by the 5.8 tremor that started in virginia. this monument, the landmark closed today due to repairs. d.c. will beou paying closer attention today. happen at 10:18, preparing as to survive and from an earthquake. crucial in areas like the carolina andouth england where earthquakes have occurred recently. this an important exercise for well whereast as notcials say the big one is of if but rather when. today would be the first official drill in the section of the states. here at home officials with the , homeland security and fema will be at several schools showing kids how to get on the floor, cover your heads, and hold on. if you are in bed during an

do you do? what >> you stay in bed, put the andows over your head, shoes under the bed and kiss their my big glass. >> a +, cynne. >> still ahead, we will check madein with adam who has friends at six flags. as governor, i cut five billion dollars in spending

and balanced the budget every year. and tim kaine and i both cut our own pay as governors, to lead by example. mark warner and i reached across party lines to get things done. we were a great team in richmond and we'll be a great team in washington. i'm tim kaine and i approve this message ...because we'll work together to restore fiscal responsibility, grow our onomy and create jobs.

[ male announcer ] tim kaine. bringing people together to tackle the challenges of tomorrow. we've got 23 million people out of work or stopped looking for wor they're suffering ins this country. the president would prefer raising taxes. the problem wrah raising taxes is that slows down the rate of growth. i'm not going to raise taxes on anyone, because whenn the economy's growing slow like this, when we're in recession you shouldn't raise taxes on anyone. my plan is to bring down rates to get more people working. my priority is putting people back to work in america. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message.

obama and mitt romney both did a lot of talking the second debate. >> who said more? both talked a lot, and who said actually still debatable. reading the transcript, a cnn researcher counted every word. president obama spoke three minutes and 14 seconds longer. however, mitt romney added 7984 words compared to 7906 words for the president. -- 7506 words for the president.

we are going to get a picture of what this winter is going to look like. climate experts would also of the winterpact weather on the drought that has the countryh of throughout the summer. let's check in with jackie to how the weather is shaping .p to be a shaping up day. changes by the afternoon. a beautiful picture from the network from the u.s. naval academy in annapolis. skies are clear right now, but can see the storm system off to the west. increase this ofernoon with a chance tonight.orms them could be possibly severe. highs will be mild with a high between 68 and 73 degrees. more with what the weekend will

hold, something pretty good actually. that's go on over to traffic and see what is happening with the steve. >> we will take a look at the beltway on university boulevard. park untilollege silver spring. t on thes an acciden outer loop, which they moved off to an exit ramp and off the cruise lines. 270.g over to still looking at delays on 270 southbound. hardly moving in some stretches gaithersburg to germantown. red downtown and >> that 19th street. back to you. and 52 right now degrees. back out to fright fest. >> maryland schools are number one in america because

we invest in them. but we can do even more. every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty million dollars at casinos in other states. question 7 keeps that maryland money in maryland through expansion of gaming in maryland. it will mean hundreds of millions of dollars for our scschools. as governor, i can promise you, that money will go to education. that's the law and that's what we'll do. vote for question seven.

torussia's attempt to try smoking. >> we just got word from the press out of moscow government has okayed the prime minister's bill that smoking as well smoking ads. we reported tuesday morning that e minister came out video asking that the the parliament's support his bill. learned that they have. be signed bys to the president, but it is likely as weo be signed reported, 44 million russians smoke, that is 40% of the country. it looks like it will pass.

>> all right. thank you so much. we will see if that becomes an example for other countries. >> 6:45 is the time. >> it feels pretty good. better than yesterday, that is for sure. 5-15 degrees n yesterday. 55 at reagan national, 51 at dallas, 48 and gaithersburg. let's take a look at the satellite picture. out there.r going on to the west? clouds will be moving in the afternoon. has been producing some severe weather in the deep south. it could be on the strong side we head into tonight. you can see storms arriving. they will continue through the overnight hours as temperatures mild.are pretty 68-73 degrees. lingering showers and storms

on friday.rly the weekend, we are looking good all of your outdoor events. >> six flags fright fest plenty of the trades. >> we would check back in with caskey who has been hanging out there this morning. >> can you hear us? >> we are back here at six flags america. we did the adults and older kids blooded event in the we had the wonderful stunt show. now we have moved too spooky with a very different thing. little bit about what here.n >> children get to come here and trick or treat. what is better? we give you candy. everybody watches their hands

first. into cold and flu season. what do we have over here? >> we have little scenes set up r children who just looked here. she makes lots of noise. have all of the characters he just showed. characters handing out candy today. have to say the magic words to trick or treating. >> trick or treat, tweetie. thank you. >> then you move onto the next station. e little areas for the beldren to really and truly of. we had more kids go up and hug them. they loved the little kids. there their side. >> it is a family affair. -- they are their size. >> trick or treat, sylvester.

let's move on. here?o we have down >> here we have daffy. to get candy a gang? >> trick or treat. >> i do not think he will be too good at giving the candy. >> then we finish out here. >> this is a very family friendly area. a bench to take a rest or take a picture. we are open from 2:00 until 6:00 we close sharply at 6:00 then thening because out at night. we do not want the kids to be the creatures. >> this is a family oriented park. get a bag fullnd of candy. as full as yours. appreciate that. fright fest opens tomorrow on

friday. to the web site for more information. wjla.com to go to get more info as well. >> see you later. adam is so at home over there. >> 6:50 right now. our thursday expresses coming up next. >>

>> a woman vanishes somewhere r home at her workplace. old founder and a lot miles away with her s smashed. her husband's desperate plea for the return is next. n the need to get i thursday express >> we began with a live rat of the top stories. is beingar-old nasif held without bond after blow up atrying to bomb outside of the federal reserve building. he parked the van with what he was explosives outside building, walked to a hotel, and he allegedly tried to detonate it. his associate was actually an undercover fbi agent.

he considered targeting a military site in baltimore federalhoosg the reserve in new york. >> the national shakeout will on 10/18.t 10:18 it is to make sure we are prepared for the next earthquake. national monument is still last week's 5.8 tremor. officials will go to several schools to make sure kids know ground, coverthe heads, and hold on. his military today police are ready to take responsibility for security if the nato coalition speed up the hand government forces. there has been growing couldation that nato accelerate withdraw plans that poweror the transition of over by the end of 2014. >> thank you so much. two things you need to know this morning.

>> penal services for a woman who diedour children baltimore row house fire. -- funeral services for a woman and her four children who died and a baltimore house fire. two police officers accused a maryland student in 2010. first-degree charges. tonight tim kaine and george allen will fe off at virginia blacksburg. check and for a look at traffic. at the beltway in new hampshire ave. we will flip over to a map and on 95ou the delays off and on through county passing an accident at the prince william parkway. start today.d

mots of sunshine but the afternoon the clouds will roll in. be mild and the late 70's. some of the storms could be into theernight and morning. caskey at fright fest. flags america, we are here in the kids area. we went trick or treating with the looney tunes characters. final piecesf the of the kids area. is the hayride where they hop on in. in and enjoy the wonderful candy and take pictures and say goodbye to the characters. have a good day. as governor, i cut five billion dollars in spending

and balanced the buet every year. and tim kaine and i both cut our own pay as governors, to lead by example. mark warner and i reached across party lines to get things done. we were a great team in richmond and we'll be a great team in washington. i'm tim kaine and i approve this message ...because we'll work together to restore fiscal responsibility, grow our economy and create jobs.